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US Imposes Sanctions Against Iran Over Abduction of Former FBI Agent

Earlier this year, Levinson's family said they had "received information from" American officials that he had died in custody

In this March 6, 2012, file photo, an FBI poster showing a composite image of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, right, of how he could look after five years in captivity, and an image, center, taken from the video released by his kidnappers, and a picture before he was kidnapped, left, displayed during a news conference in Washington.
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP (File)

The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday imposed sanctions against two Iranian officials for the 2007 abduction of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, authorities said.

The announcement targeted Mohammad Baseri and Ahmad Khazai, who officials said are within the Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran (MOIS), NBC News reported.

Earlier this year, Levinson's family said it had "received information from" American officials that he had died in custody.

Levinson, who spent 22 years with the FBI and lived in Coral Springs, Florida, vanished on March 9, 2007, while on a business trip to Kish Island, a Persian Gulf resort island off the southern coast of Iran.

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